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What is a comp

Well it may seem quite propsterous for a webdesigner not to know what a comp is because im relatively new to website but I have heard this term used quite often. So I was wondering if someone in here could tell me as to what a Comp is and how I make one(methods etc.).

The term "comp" in this case originates in graphic design history, and is short for "comparable". A designer might work up two or three rough designs from which the client could choose, and then the designer would procede with a complete design based on the one chosen. Or, all too commonly, the client wouldn't like any of them and send the designer back to the drawing board. Each rough design would be similar, or comparable, to what the finished work would look like, but required far less time to create since it wasn't detailed.